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Discussing the 2005 energy bill, which passed the Senate overwhelmingly, McCain said "I think Senator Obama might be a little bit confused. Yesterday, he accused me of having President Bush's policies on energy. That's odd because he voted for the President's energy bill and I voted against it. I voted against it as had $2.8 billion in corporate welfare to Big Oil companies, and they're already making record profits, as you know. Senator Obama voted for that bill and its Big Oil giveaways.

I know he hasn't been in the Senate that long, but even in the real world, voting for something means you support it and voting against something means you oppose it."

Discussing the 2005 energy bill, which passed the Senate overwhelmingly, McCain said "I think Senator Obama might be a little bit confused. Yesterday, he accused me of having President Bush's policies on energy. That's odd because he voted for the President's energy bill and I voted against it. I voted against it as had $2.8 billion in corporate welfare to Big Oil companies, and they're already making record profits, as you know. Senator Obama voted for that bill and its Big Oil giveaways.

I know he hasn't been in the Senate that long, but even in the real world, voting for something means you support it and voting against something means you oppose it."

Uhh....no....in McCain's case, voting against a bill usually means that he's against the pork that was loaded into it- not that he's against the fundamental issue at stake in the bill.

McCain's that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. If McCain is so against pork, then why did he vote for the bill that had $150 Billion in pork attached to it just last month?

once again, disinformation! look at the pork in the senate, available for anyone to look up online at senate.gov (our own government website):

mccain 0 dollars for pork
obama requested 100 earmarks for the fiscal year 2008, totalling $300 million. Obama has requests for $3 million for planetarium equipment, $200,000 for a new theater for plays, $8,500,000 for an asian carp barrier, $500,000 for marina improvements, $1,000,000 for a children's museum, $3,000,000 for a park, $4,000,000 for a reading program, $1,000,000 for expansion of an indigenous people's exhibit, and on and on. Here's the complete list. Obama has also requested earmarks for the hospital where Obama's wife works. An administrator at that hospital said Michelle Obama was "worth her weight in gold". No doubt. Mrs. Obama was promoted and her hospital salary tripled about the same time Barack entered the U.S. Senate.

know he hasn't been in the Senate that long, but even in the real world, voting for something means you support it and voting against something means you oppose it."BobKovacs

In the real world one makes compromises, when it comes to legislation one has to weight what is most important... which brings me to:

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BobKovacs
Uhh....no....in McCain's case, voting against a bill usually means that he's against the pork that was loaded into it- not that he's against the fundamental issue at stake in the bill.

Which is an interesting point, McCain all too often loosed sight of the bigger picture, especially when it comes to his one man war on earmarks. Which raises an interesting question, Congressmen depend on "bringing home the bacon" that is what constituent services is all about, so I can't wait to see - strike that - I can't imagine how McCain would get anything passed through Congress be it Democratic or Republican if he is a serious as he claims to be regarding earmarks.

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